Calliopea

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kal.li.oˈpeː.a/, [kälːʲiɔˈpeːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kal.li.oˈpe.a/, [kälːioˈpɛːä]

Calliopēa f sg (genitive Calliopēae); first declension

1. Alternative form of Calliopē; (Greek mythology) The Muse Calliope, goddess and muse of epic poetry, or of poetry in general
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.79–80:

     tunc sīc, neglēctōs hederā redimitā capillōs,
     prīma suī coepit Calliopēa chorī

     Thus in this way, her unkempt hair wound in ivy,
     Calliope began, the first of her chorus.
     (See Calliope.)

First-declension noun, singular only.